This is also a hot topic for our EDI processing environment. Is FTP via VAN cost-effective?
Shen Hsieh
buy.com
Aliso Viejo, CA
949-389-2324
-----Original Message-----
From: Lanoue, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 11:14 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FTP to or from VANS?
We do just that. We have FTP to a van. The biggest reason was to try and
eliminate
the older bisync and dialout technology. We still use the older dialout but
trying to
minimize it greatly. It just so happens that our internet provider is AT+T
so it was
quite natural to get a PVC to AT+T and do FTP across it to them. Works
great too.
REgards,
-----Original Message-----
From: Barr James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 1:56 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FTP to or from VANS?
OK, many people have given very compelling arguments on both sides
of the FTP vs Van issue. That issue specifically addresses Trading Partner
to Trading Partner document transfer.
What about keeping the VAN, but using FTP to transfer documents to
and from the VAN? We currently use Sterling Commerce, and the weakest link
in the whole EDI chain seems to be our dial-up connection. Our volume and
availability commitment requires that we dial in hourly. Our biggest
headache is bad transmissions: the process can't log in, the recipient
receives data with garbled characters in the middle, lines get dropped, etc.
We're using an ASYNC dial-up modem using CLEO A+ software running ona
Windows NT server.
Now, these problems aren't occurring all the time, but often enough
that we have to regularly monitor the processes to ensure that all is
operating normally.
If we were to use FTP to "get the data to and from the VAN", how
would that work? Would data go over the Internet or would we have to have a
dedicated connection to the VAN?
While this alternative seems like the best and most stable method, I
fear that we won't be able to cost-justify the added expense of the
dedicated line because, I understand it, the VAN charges would still be the
same.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
-Jim
James W. Barr
Technical Consultant, EDI
> SIEMENS
> Siemens Building Technologies, Inc.
> Landis Division
Phone: 847-215-1050 Ext. 6229
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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